Bangladesh would be disappointed with how the first session of the first Test went after the Tigers chose to field first against hosts South Africa in Durban.

Bangladesh will be looking to continue their upward trend in Tests away from home after the Mount Maunganui triumph earlier this year against New Zealand, with a confident Mominul Haque and Co. unsurprisingly eyeing a maiden Test win against South Africa in their den.

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque believes his team are well prepared ahead of the first Test against South Africa starting at Kingsmead on Thursday.

Tamim Iqbal-led Bangladesh team's recent white-ball success in South Africa has enabled the Tigers to climb to sixth place in the ICC ODI rankings and, by doing so, the men in red in green are placed ahead of Pakistan.

Bangladesh batter Najmul Hossain Shanto, who had toured South Africa in 2015 with the Bangladesh Under-19 side, recalled some fond memories from that tour as he prepares to face the Proteas once again in Bangladesh’s two-match Test series, starting from Thursday.

Fast bowler Ebadot Hossain mentioned that Bangladesh team, preparing to embark for a two-match Test series against hosts South Africa from March 31, are oozing with confidence following their unprecedented fifty-over series win against the Proteas at their den.   

Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal heaped praise on head coach Russell Domingo while talking a day after the Tigers’ historic ODI series win in South Africa.

The morning air felt a little different in Durban yesterday, perhaps more so for Taskin Ahmed, who at one point a few years ago had felt unwanted in the national fold.

Diehard fans of Bangladeshi cricket often suffer from a certain form of starvation since a huge void remains in the quantity of cricket played

“If your dream isn’t big, you cannot progress. Our dream is big. We want to win away series as we win series at home. We want to win the

Bangladesh had gone into the tour of South Africa on top of the ICC ODI Super League, but to truly earn the respect that the position merits, they required something special.

It takes immense willpower and focus for a cricketer to forgo a lucrative offer to play in the money-spinning Indian Premier League for the first time in his career and return the very next day to pick up a five-wicket haul.

Clinical and ruthless. That’s how the Bangladesh team looked yesterday in Centurion.

"I am a proud man, especially with a Bangladeshi fast bowler getting a five-for, winning the series [for us] and winning the player-of-the-series award."

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma was gracious in defeat as he complimented Bangladesh’s clinical performance after the home side were handed a nine-wicket thrashing by the Tigers at the Super Sport Park in Centurion on Wednesday.

Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal was full of praise for his deserving colleagues after their monumental series win against South Africa through a nine-wicket victory in Centurion on Wednesday.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going, as they say. And Taskin Ahmed, a strong believer of his process that led to his revival in the international circuit, steered Bangladesh to a historic ODI series victory against South Africa at their own backyard as the Proteas beat the Proteas by nine wickets in the final match of the three-match ODI series in Centurion today.

Powered by Tamim Iqbal's unbeaten fifty and pacer Taskin Ahmed's fifer, Bangladesh registered a crushing nine-wicket victory to clinch a maiden series away to South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion today.  

With the three-match ODI series between South Africa and Bangladesh levelled at 1-1, Taskin Ahmed and his teammates stepped up to the occasion in the series-decider at the SuperSport Park in Centurion today.

Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed already informed Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants today that he will not be available for the cash-rich tournament, informed Jalal Yunus, cricket operations committee chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.